Word: probationer
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The abuses of cumulative grading are two-fold. A man working to have his probation relieved at April with four B's must actually bring his grade not up to B, but to A in order that he may have a B in the office. In other words the Midyear...
Another series of language examinations starts today. It brings to mind one of the most difficult problems of the local educational scene the language requirements. The difficulty arises from the fact that they have not lived up to their avowed purpose. In their attempt to instill a good lingual foundation...
Here are some more bits culled form the same issue of the same newspaper which sponsored those in the first paragraph: Shali's gilded motor car shipped to Persia today. . . Finds honey in rafters. . . Queen Mary's collection of embroidery exhibited. . . Thinks he saw Great Pagoda from flagpole. . . Parrot embargo...
There are two million bricks in the twin smokestacks of the ex-power plant, and each one must receive personal attention before its relations with Harvard University can be severed. A brick is like nothing else in the world. It cannot be suspended, for a well-established precedent rules that...
The Mahatma also bade goodbye to a six-foot sun-blackened, scantily-clad girl of 30, with a shaven pate, who is general supervisor of the headquarters, and would tend his tasks during his absence. Srimati Mira Bai he calls her, but her real name is Madeleine Slade. Once a...